Pauline DowChief Instructional Officer

February 1, 2015North East Independent School District

P-12

Behavior

Curriculum and instruction

Teacher workforce

Pauline Dow is the chief instructional officer for the North East
Independent School District in San Antonio, an urban school
district of more than 67,000 preK-12 students. Prior to this she
served as the chief academic officer for Austin ISD, a school
district of 85,000 students. She was the associate superintendent
for academics and chief academic officer in Ysleta ISD in El
Paso, Texas, and in Canutillo ISD, she was the deputy
superintendent. She has focused on establishing meaningful
standards of excellence, strengthening school-community
partnerships and a culture of collaboration at all levels. Much
of her research, training and methodology were born and nurtured
during her W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship
from 1995 to 1997. Dow’s research focuses on the achievement of
students in dual language education programs and the policy
implications of bilingual schooling. Her most recent publications
include a book chapter, Education Policies: Standardized Testing,
English Language Learners and Border Futures in “Social Justice
in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region,” published in 2012. She is a
founding member of the Institute for Language and Education
Policy.